The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands form part of the Hawaiian island chain
NW Hawaiian Islands
Location of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean
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NW Hawaiian Islands
NW Hawaiian Islands (Hawaiian Islands)
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Geography
Location
Pacific Ocean
Coordinates
25°N168°W / 25°N 168°W / 25; -168
Archipelago
Hawaiian Islands
Adjacent to
Pacific Ocean
Administration
United States
State/Territory
Hawaii and Midway Island
The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands or Leeward Hawaiian Islands are a series of islands and atolls in the Hawaiian island chain located northwest of the islands of Kauai and Niʻihau. Politically, they are all part of Honolulu County in the U.S. state of Hawaii, except Midway Atoll, which is a territory distinct from the State of Hawaii, and grouped as one of the United States Minor Outlying Islands.[1] The United States Census Bureau defines this area, except Midway, as Census Tract 114.98 of Honolulu County. Its total land area is 3.1075 square miles (8.048 km2). All the islands except Nihoa are north of the Tropic of Cancer, making them the only islands in Hawaii that lie outside the tropics.
The Northwestern or Leeward Hawaiian Islands include:
mostly uninhabited NorthwesternHawaiianIslands), with the sole exception of Midway Atoll (a United States Minor Outlying Island). Hawaii is the only U.S...
coordinates) The NorthwesternHawaiianIslands (also known as the Leeward Islands) are the small islands and atolls in the Hawaiianisland chain located...
the HawaiianIslands from other land masses capable of supporting the Hawaiian monk seal, its habitat is limited to the HawaiianIslands. Hawaiian monk...
Lisianski Island (Hawaiian: Papa‘āpoho) is one of the NorthwesternHawaiianIslands, with a land area of 384.425 acres (155.571 ha) and a maximum elevation...
Laysan (/ˈlaɪsɑːn/; Hawaiian: Kauō [kɐwˈoː]) is one of the NorthwesternHawaiianIslands, located 808 nautical miles (930 mi; 1,496 km) northwest of Honolulu...
(/niːˈhoʊ.ə/; Hawaiian: Nīhoa [niːˈhowə] or Hawaiian: Nihoa [niˈhowə]), also known as Bird Island or Moku Manu, is the tallest of ten islands and atolls...
oh-AH-hoo) (Hawaiian: Oʻahu (pronounced [oˈʔɐhu])) is the most populated and third-largest of the HawaiianIslands. The island of Oahu and the Northwestern Hawaiian...
the NorthwesternHawaiianIslands, Midway is not part of the State of Hawaii due to the Hawaiian Organic Act of 1900 that formally annexed Hawaii to the...
miles (89 km; 55 mi) west-northwest of Midway Atoll in the NorthwesternHawaiianIslands at 28°25′N 178°20′W / 28.417°N 178.333°W / 28.417; -178.333...
Hermes Atoll (Hawaiian: Holoikauaua), also known as Pearl and Hermes Reef, is part of the NorthwesternHawaiianIslands, a group of small islands and atolls...
Gardner Pinnacles (Hawaiian: Pūhāhonu) are two barren rock outcrops surrounded by a reef and located in the NorthwesternHawaiianIslands. The Pūhāhonu volcano...
14611 The French Frigate Shoals (Hawaiian: Kānemilohaʻi) is the largest atoll in the NorthwesternHawaiianIslands. Its name commemorates French explorer...
is a large seabird that ranges across the North Pacific. The NorthwesternHawaiianIslands are home to 99.7% of the population. This small (for its family)...
small group of islands in the Middendorff Bay Krusenstern Island" or "Krusenstern Reef," a phantom island in the NorthwesternHawaiianIslands Krusenstern...
Rothschild in 1892, the Laysan duck is named after Laysan island, one of the NorthwesternHawaiianIslands. It is a member of the mallard clade of dabbling ducks...
Maro Reef (Hawaiian: Nalukākala - "surf that arrives in combers") is a largely submerged coral atoll located in the NorthwesternHawaiianIslands. It was...
the NorthwesternHawaiianIslands, a chain of low atolls and islets that extend 1350 kilometers northwest from the high volcanic islands of Hawaii. The...
The Hawaiian Kingdom, also known as Kingdom of Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian: Ke Aupuni Hawaiʻi), was a sovereign state ruled by unelected dynastic families located...
avoid confusion with the state or archipelago. The uninhabited NorthwesternHawaiianIslands make up most of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument...
Lānaʻi, Kahoʻolawe, Maui, and Hawaiʻi. The NorthwesternHawaiianIslands include many atolls, and reefs. Due to Hawaii's isolation many mushroom species...
Frigate Shoals, 3 mi (5 km) west-southwest of East Island, about midway in the NorthwesternHawaiianIslands. The formation rises 122 ft (37 m) above the ocean...
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